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An early experiemental exploration of the connections between two historical waterfront locations with two different American gay communities: the Belmont Rocks in Chicago and the Hudson Piers in New York City. Both places have been renovated with attention to their historical origins as gathering places for gay community members, and both are now made much more structurally safe and publicly accessible. This film collage was a way for me to explore how the places were shaped historically specifically because of their inaccessibility to the public because of their lack of easy access and hazardous conditions. When these places are transformed into spaces that are more public-friendly, do they lose their ability to generate gathering spaces for marginalized community? Or does the marginalized community expand by way of these spaces being remade?